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Outbreaks of virulent diarrheagenic Escherichia coli - are we in control?
- Source :
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BMC Medicine . 2012, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p11-16. 6p. 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The article reports that shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are the most virulent diarrheagenic E. coli known to date. They can be spread with alarming ease via food as exemplified by a large sprout-borne outbreak of STEC O104:H4 in 2011 that was centered in northern Germany and affected several countries. Effective control of such outbreaks is an important public health task and necessitates early outbreak detection and fast identification of the outbreak.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17417015
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMC Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 76333615
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-11